Case of the attempted lynching of foreign technicians: TikToker "Capo bou Touba" arrested

The Ndamatou district police station arrested the TikToker "Capo bou Touba" this Friday. According to Seneweb, this content creator and comedian is being prosecuted for spreading false news and endangering the lives of others.

For several days, a message reporting a black 4x4 vehicle transporting alleged child thieves, including a woman in possession of a padlock, has been circulating on social networks and sowing panic among the population.

The persistent rumor, widely circulated on social media, nearly cost the lives of foreign technicians on assignment for a telephone company. It was in this climate of mistrust that the team, who had come from Dakar, were attacked on Thursday afternoon in Poulailler, near Nguiranène.

Wrongly accused of being child abductors, they were surrounded by an angry mob determined to beat them up. Their vehicle, a black SUV, was slightly damaged by youths who firmly believed they were dealing with child abductors.

A swift intervention by the police was necessary to avert a potentially disastrous situation. Equipped with their mission orders, the technicians were supervised, then extracted and escorted to a safe location.

However, at the time of the police intervention, a content creator known by the pseudonym "Capo bou Touba" filmed and commented on the scene, claiming that child thieves, including a woman, had just been arrested in Touba.

The video was then posted on his TikTok account. As reported yesterday by Seneweb, the TikToker was detained at the Ndamatou police station. He allegedly posted the video to gain more views and followers. He is expected to be brought before the prosecutor in Diourbel next Monday, unless there is a change in the schedule. The video was deleted from his TikTok account this Friday.